Thursday, June 15, 2017

The Left Blames Firearms For Hodgkinson's Attack On Republicans

The left (including the mainstream media, academia, and
Hollywood) has in a sense become an unfunny version of the Harlem Globetrotters.
It attempts to control every aspect of the game (of life), no longer even
caring if the audience knows the match is rigged. It looks at mainstream, Main
Street Americans the way the Trotters looked at the Washington Generals. But
instead of just pulling our pants down now and again, pointing and laughing, or
tossing a bucket of confetti our way, it is now paving the way for the utter
eradication of anyone or anything that dares to stand in the way of its unquenchable
desire for authority and power.

The
left immediately, reflexively blames “right-wing extremists, talk radio, Rush
Limbaugh, Fox News,” or some combination thereof for nearly any tragedy, at
least until it is thoroughly proven otherwise…which is almost always the case.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the Oklahoma City bombing, the shooting of Gabby
Giffords in 2011, school shootings, church fires, cross burnings, global warming/climate
change, Lyme Disease, or cedar-apple rust. The fourth estate immediately claims
that any non-leftist view that’s been recently expressed has created a “toxic”
atmosphere that “laid the foundation” for violence, or pushed the unstable to lash
out.

It is
odd, then, in light of the unceasing, vitriolic attacks on President Trump and
other Republicans over the course of the past year in social media, from
“entertainers,” “professors,” and assorted other cranks, and the overwhelmingly
negative coverage the Trump administration has received from the media, that these
“anti-Trumpers” refuse to take any blame for the recent attack on Republican
lawmakers in Alexandria, Virginia. This despite the fact that the shooter was
an avid fan of left-wing media sites, outlets, and personalities such as rawstory.com,
MSNBC, and Rachel Maddow, was a member
of the Facebook group, “Terminate the Republican Party,” and had previously stated
he was out to “destroy” Trump.

No,
they used the tragedy to continue to promote their own agenda, as they always
do: they blamed guns. (Well, Nancy
Pelosi actually blamed Republicans and Fox News for getting Republicans shot, but that’s another
story). To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, “There they go again.” If it wasn’t for
the two brave Capitol police officer’s guns, which disabled (and eventually
killed) the fake news-addled shooter, this would have been a full-fledged
massacre. Do we blame gas for the Holocaust, or the twisted ideology of the
NAZIs? When someone commits a hit-and-run, do we blame the vehicle, or the
driver? Only guns can protect an individual against those more powerful. It is
firearms that put an end to most shootings and prevent many crimes.

That
threatens the left’s world view and its hold on power.

That is why only guns are
ludicrously held to account for the despicable actions of evil people.

The
unyielding, monolithic ignorance permeating progressive’s assault on firearms
did inadvertently provide a bit of dark humor on an otherwise somber day, however.
The Democratic Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, in an interview with
reporters after the shootings, twice
stated that, “We lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence.”

Who
says Democrats are out of touch?

Given
that the “official” population of the United States was 326,356,220 as of
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017, that would mean it would now only be
233,356,220 as I write this a day later. The hospitals and morgues would be really busy! It would mean that, by
this coming Sunday, there wouldn’t be a man, woman or child left alive in the
U.S., whose population would be zero. This might make ISIS, Kim Jong un, and
various other bloodthirsty groups and dictators happy, but all those horrid
guns would be left behind!

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays